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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Rakhahi is a village in Narkatiaganj mandal, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, with a population of 2,984 in 522 households and a literacy rate of 38.5%. The village is positioned at 27.108°N, 84.464°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Hasantara khatoon
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- LGD code
- 216616
- Pincode
- 845451
- Post office
- D.K.Shikarpur
- Population
- 2,984
- Households
- 522
- Literacy rate
- 38.5%
- Sex ratio
- 892 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,186
- Distance to district centre
- 72 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 34 km
- Distance to Patna
- 181 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 640 km
- Nearest railway station
- Narkatyaganj · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Sub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rakhahi compares
By population, Rakhahi ranks #37 of 160 villages in Narkatiaganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
38.5%
−3.9% vs mandal average
- Rakhahi
- 38.5%
- Narkatiaganj mandal
- 42.4%
- Pashchim Champaran district
- 44.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
892
−25 vs mandal average
- Rakhahi
- 892
- Narkatiaganj mandal
- 917
Household size
people per home
5.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Rakhahi
- 5.7
- Narkatiaganj mandal
- 5.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rakhahi at a glance
Rakhahi is a village of 2,984 people in 522 households (Census 2011) in Narkatiaganj block, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar, the 37th-largest of 160 villages in Narkatiaganj block. Literacy is 39%, 4 points below the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 892 women per 1,000 men. It lies 72 km from the Pashchim Champaran district centre, 0 km from Pakri, the nearest town, under 1 km from Narkatyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 845451, served by D.K.Shikarpur post office; the LGD village code is 216616. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Hasantara khatoon, and the village votes in Sugauli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Rajesh Kumar Gupta. The population is estimated at 3,518 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Rakhahi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NARKATIYAGANJ
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 11
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- RAKHAHI
- Total area (ha)
- 364.2
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 134.97
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Rakhahi
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Key facts — Rakhahi
- LGD code
- 216616
- Pincode
- 845451
- Post office
- D.K.Shikarpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,984
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,518
- Households
- 522
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 892
- Literacy rate
- 38.5%
- Coordinates
- 27.10800°N, 84.46400°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Paschim Champaran
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sugauli
- Member of Parliament
- Sanjay Jaiswal
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Rajesh Kumar Gupta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Hasantara khatoon
- Block / Mandal
- Narkatiaganj
- Nearest railway station
- Bhelwa (33.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Rakhahi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna181 kmcapital
- Kolkata640 km
- Delhi732 km
- Hyderabad1243 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNarkatyaganj<1 km
- Hospital / PHCSub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj<1 km
- ATM / bankparas pakdi32 km
- Petrol pumpM/S USHA AUTOMOBILES23 km
- Police stationBettiah Main Police Station35 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Rakhahi
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Birla MandirTemple<1 km ↗
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)